The Cannabis Control Commission is allowing many businesses to resume operations this week under an order issued Monday.
Not all places of worship in the state are rushing to bring worshipers into their doors.
News of the closure comes as Worcester hit another milestone signaling coronavirus is slowing in central Massachusetts.
The state will give about $502 million to cities and towns. The money can't be used to make up for revenue lost during coronavirus closures.
In about three weeks, commuters can expect MBTA trains and buses to increase service as Massachusetts reopens.
The Worcester City Council will explore outdoor dining as an option for restaurants amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The pursuit ended after the driver turned down a dead-end street, Worcester police said.
A line of severe thunderstorms is supposed to move through central Massachusetts beginning around 7 p.m.
State and Worcester health officials are monitoring the situation at the Christopher House nursing and rehabilitation center.
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Former deputy Pasquale Salas, 26, pleaded guilty in Worcester on Thursday to charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and cyberstalking.
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Mayor Joseph Petty says he "empathizes" with 2020 graduates, but in-person ceremonies would be a health risk.
The Adams Square Baptist Church has been fined by Worcester police for defying Gov. Charlie Baker's ban on gatherings.
For 2020, Worcester's annual Independence Day celebration will be held online.
The new Worcester site is one of 10 opening across Massachusetts on May 15.
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An SUV jumped the median and hit a box truck early Wednesday morning, according to police.
The Worcester Educational Development Foundation wants to provide Chromebooks to students for remote learning during the pandemic.
Worcester's coronavirus epidemic likely peaked on May 1. Hospitalizations have been up and down since.
Even at the 3,000 mark, the city on Tuesday saw the lowest daily increase in weeks.
Worcester police have arrested a 23-year-old after a robbery on Sunday in Main South.
The Worcester City Council was set to receive City Manager Edward Augustus' coronavirus-era budget on Tuesday.
Members of the homeless community and low-income residents will be able to live at the hotel to escape risk of contracting coronavirus.
In unrelated incidents, a man was shot and seriously wounded in Main South, and two people were also robbed at gunpoint on Sunday.
“We have a right to disobey,” Pastor Kris Casey told WBZ-TV. “I can’t baptize someone on a zoom meeting.”
Worcester halted Polar Park and other municipal construction projects at the beginning of April.
The Adams Square Baptist Church pastor has held three services that violate a state ban on gatherings, Worcester officials say.
CareOne vice president Elizabeth Straus says headlines about coronavirus outbreaks at senior care facilities miss the bigger picture.
National Nurses Week runs through May 12, and nurses are asking the public to help them by staying vigilant against coronavirus.
The medal is given each year to a local poet in honor of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Worcester native Stanley Kunitz.
Homeless Worcester residents who tested positive for coronavirus were being treated in a special section at the DCU Center.
The preschool teachers from the Greendale YMCA were not going to let the pandemic stop their annual Mother's Day celebration.
A Dunkin' spokesperson said that the Kelley Square restaurant closed this week for a cleaning.
F-15 fighter jets from the 104th Fighter Wing will fly over parts of Massachusetts on Wednesday. Here's when you'll see them.
Eighty-one workers at the Worcester Walmart tested positive for the virus after an emergency closure on April 29.
Construction crews are reversing the directions of Millbury and Harding streets beginning Tuesday night, according to MassDOT.
Tenet Healthcare owns hospitals in Worcester, Framingham, and Natick — and has announced furloughs for medical workers recently.
Jonathan Francisco Bobadilla-Rosa, 31, was arrested in December 2018 on drug and identity theft charges, according to federal officials.
How local book sellers like Annie's Book Stop in Worcester are trying to compete during the coronavirus shutdown.